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- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
- The death toll from yesterday's booby trapped pagers' explosions in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah's communication network, increases to twelve killed, including four healthcare workers and two children. Over 2,800 people are injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Multiple walkie-talkies and other devices explode across Lebanon, including at a funeral in Baalbek for three Hezbollah members and a boy killed yesterday. At least 20 people are killed and over 450 injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Several home solar energy systems explode in multiple areas of Beirut. (ABC News)
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The United Nations General Assembly votes 124 in favor, 43 abstentions, and 14 voting no to demand Israel end its unlawful presence within the occupied Palestinian territories within the next 12 months. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian weapons depot in Toropets, Tver Oblast, causes an explosion large enough to be detected as an earthquake by monitoring stations. Local residents are told to evacuate and schools in the region close. (The Guardian)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mexican drug war
- At least 30 people have been killed since September 9 during shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 South American wildfires
- 2024 Peru wildfires
- President of Peru Dina Boluarte issues a state of emergency for three heavily forested regions significantly impacted by wildfires that have killed at least sixteen people. (Reuters)
- 2024 Peru wildfires
- 2024 Portugal wildfires
- Twelve people are arrested on suspicion of arson resulting in widespread wildfires in Northern and Central Portugal that have killed at least seven people. (Reuters)
Law and Crime
- Seizure of Ghost telecommunication network
- Jay Je Yoon Jung faces five charges in Sydney court of developing and operating Ghost network. (The Register)
Science and technology
- Instagram introduces teen accounts for users under the age of 18 that will be private by default, limit "sensitive content," and allow parents to view who their teen(s) is messaging. (DW)
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